“After the New Year’s festivities, you will go to the mansion in Lexion’s territory prepared for childbirth. It would be good to formalize the engagement before leaving. It’s natural for the heir of the family to stay in the territory with the fiancée for a few months.”
“Thank you for suggesting that, Duke.”
When the conversation turned to childbirth, Edith unknowingly placed her hand on her belly. Just entering the stable phase of pregnancy, her belly had already grown quite a bit, and it seemed challenging to hide the pregnancy from next month onward.
Moreover, she had something she wanted to investigate in Lexion’s territory.
“Also, if possible, would you send someone with us?”
“Someone?”
Franz expressed confusion.
“Yes. I’m a bit uneasy about the Humphrey Viscounty, which is adjacent to Lexion’s territory. If we go with trustworthy informants from Lexion, it would be very helpful.”
“Are you saying this because Viscount Humphrey is trying to establish ties with Guterch?”
To Franz, the Humphrey Viscount was nothing more than a family not worth paying attention to. Although he had tried attaching people to investigate them when he saw them attempting to get close to Guterch, he found nothing significant.
Edith shared with Franz what she had seen and heard in the tea room.
“What? A pedophile?”
“Yes. I heard it from Countess Coben, who is the step-sister of Countess Guterch.”
How did Edith, who was cautious even though she was moderate, manage to obtain information from Countess Coben, who was not known for having a wide circle of acquaintances? Franz was curious about that part, but for now, he focused on her explanation.
“I understand the reason for suspicion. If Guterch and his wife, who have nothing to be regretful about, started socializing with Humphrey Viscount, who is known for having nothing special, there must be a reason.”
“If they’ve hidden something to the extent that even Lexion’s informants couldn’t detect it, it wouldn’t be a trivial matter.”
Franz, looking at Edith who was making a request, recalled his late wife and Leah, who had left the world first.
Even those women he had loved had often observed the stories circulating in society and had caught onto strange points, providing significant help to him.
‘Leah made sure that women like her would connect with noble ladies.’
Franz looked at Balter and Edith with a soft smile on his lips.
After the leisurely evening tea time, Edith did not immediately return to her room but followed Balter to his bedroom.
“Balter, is the mana really okay?”
Perhaps working in the medical field gave one a knack for detecting lies when someone was sick. Asking the same question dozens of times in the past few days, when she asked again, Balter answered embarrassedly yet casually in his mind.
“If it’s not okay, how would I share mana with the little one?”
“Really?”
“Yes, I received permission and guidance from the wizards. Since my mana has fully awakened, I can share mana with the little one for a week.”
Creak—
After opening the door to his bedroom, Balter gestured politely as if he were a hotel staff directing someone inside.
“But how do you share mana? I don’t have mana, so I don’t know how to receive it.”
As Edith entered the room, throwing a question at him, she sensed something peculiar about the air filling the bedroom.
Why were there so many roses, which were hard to come by in winter, in a room usually used by a man? And why were there so many candles emitting soft light?
“Herb oil?”
Various oils that changed the atmosphere just by opening the lids were placed on the desk by type.
When Edith asked, Balter scratched his head unnecessarily.
“The method of sharing awakened mana is simple. You just need to continuously emit mana while parts of your bodies touch.”
“Body contact is necessary.”
“Yes. You should emit mana for about three hours, so for convenience, I recommend holding hands.”
“I’ll take care of that on my own, so don’t worry.”
“…….”
The moment Balter heard about sharing mana with a doctor, he realized how wicked he was.
“It seems like I prepared it because they say the more skin contact, the better.”
He casually took off the shawl Edith was wearing and laid it on the sofa, then added in a nonchalant voice.
“Or maybe I did it because I wanted to starve a bit.”
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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